Post-1837 Emigrants

Post-1837 Emigrants

Introduction

This is a list of emigrants sent from England to Upper Canada by the Petworth Emigration Committee between 1838 and 1850. The names were gathered in the UNITED KINGDOM by Sheila Haines and Leigh Lawson in the course of research for the list of Petworth emigrants presented as Part 2 of Assisting Emigration to Upper Canada. As that book was the story of emigrants sent on ships chartered by the Petworth committee between 1832 and 1837, we did not take these additional names past the first stage of collection. Leigh Lawson has rescued them from our files, checked the information presented here, and made some additions to it.

The Petworth committee played a smaller part in sending emigrants after 1837. George Wyndham inherited the Petworth estates on the death of his father, the Earl of Egremont, in November 1837. Wyndham was a different sponsor from his father. He chose to follow norms adopted by other landlords, and he was unwilling to pay for the extras that had distinguished the Petworth emigrations organized by Thomas Sockett for the Earl.

Thus, these emigrants sailed singly or in small groups rather than as passengers on ships chartered by the Petworth committee. They were sent without the superintendent or the additional assistance in Canada which characterized the emigrations described in Assisting Emigration.

A comparison of this list with the longer list in Assisting Emigration reveals evidence of chain migration. If you find your ancestor here, there may be useful information in Assisting Emigration, in English Immigrant Voices, or in our family history files, which are deposited at the University of Waterloo. If you have additional information on an individual or family on this list which you are willing to share, please contact Leigh Lawson or Brenda Dougall Merriman.

A LIST OF EMIGRANTS SENT UNDER THE PETWORTH COMMITTEE BETWEEN 1838 AND 1850

Compiled by Leigh Lawson

The ships on which Petworth emigrants travelled between 1838 and 1850 were: Hibernia 1838; Orbit 1842; Resource, The Sisters, and Toronto 1843; Borneo, Burrell, and Mary Ann 1844; Blenheim, Sydney, and Vesper 1845; and Laurel 1850. These ships probably sailed from London, but we do not have information on the port or sailing date. All the parishes listed here as sending emigrants are in West Sussex.

Key to the list

The layout for presenting the information is similar to that used in Assisting Emigration. It is as follows:

Name of emigrant | age at emigration, birth, baptismal date, death date | Spouse: name of spouse, marriage date and place | age of spouse at emigration, birth, baptismal date, death date | Children: names of children, birth dates, baptismal dates, death dates (marriages) | From: parish sending emigrant | To: place in Canada of first settlement; later places of settlement | Occupation Eng: | Occupation Can: | year of emigration | ship | Assistance: people or organizations who enabled the person or family to emigrate | Other data of interest. SOURCE: sources of information in brief

Married women have been entered on this list under their maiden names where known, with a cross-reference to their husband's name.

The list is based on English sources, with the exception of the entry for Lannaway.

WSRO, PHA = West Sussex Record Office, Petworth House Archives

WSRO, PAR = West Sussex Record Office, Parish records

WSRO, EP 1 = West Sussex Record Office, Marriage Licences

WSRO, EP 2 = West Sussex Record Office, Bishop's Transcripts

PRO, MH = Public Record Office, Kew, England (now the National Archives), Ministry of Health

b = Birth

bap = Baptised

bur = Buried

d = Died

Post-1837 Emigrants

Birt | and family | 1842 | Orbit | 10 May 1842 letter to Sockett from Carter and Bonus acknowledging receipt of £18 15s being passage of Birt and family to Canada (See Edward Burt).
SOURCE: WSRO, PHA 1063

Botting, William | bap 19 Aug 1821 | From: Shipley or Sullington | 1843 | Resource | Assistance: On 23 May 1843, "£2 15s [was] contributed towards the passage of Wm Botting who belongs to Sullington. The man paid £3 himself."
SOURCE: WSRO, PAR 168/1/2/1; PHA 1066

Boxall, Jane. See Hambleton, William

Briggs, Elizabeth (Willard) | b c1793 | Spouse: William Briggs, m 15 Apr 1811 Petworth | b c1790, bur 29 Apr 1838 | Children: George 16, bap 2 Apr 1828, Alfred 9, bap 17 Apr 1835 | From: Petworth (Tillington) | Occupation Eng: William had been a bricklayer | 1844 | Mary Ann | Assistance: £37 7s 6d. Col Wyndham and parish. | A.C. Buchanan, Chief Agent,General Emigration Office Quebec, in a letter to Sockett dated 12 Sep 1844, wrote that the Briggs had arrived "furnished with letters up the country. I have no doubt they will do well." There is no evidence that another son John bap 1821 emigrated.
SOURCE: WSRO, PAR 149/1/1/2, PAR 149/1/2/1, PAR 149/1/1/6, PAR 149/1/5/1; PHA 1063, PHA1069; PRO, MH12 13602; Sussex Agricultural Express 12 Oct 1844

Burrough, Sarah. See Hilton, Henry

Burt, Edward | Spouse: Elizabeth Lawrence, m 2 Mar 1818 Midhurst by licence | Children: Edward bap 5 Aug 1821, Ellen bap 13 Apr 1823, Elizabeth bap 30 Jan 1825, Mary bap 31 Dec 1826, Charles bap 1 Nov 1829, Caroline bap 27 Nov 1831, George bap 21 Jun 1835, Henry bap 24 Jan 1841, all at Easebourne | From: Lodsworth | Occupation Eng: Labourer | 1843 or 1845 | Assistance: Lodsworth Parish Vestry | On the marriage licence Edward Burt was said to be "of Burpham"; both were over 21. They lived on the Todham estate, a farm south of Easebourne.
SOURCE: WSRO, PAR 75/1/2/1, PAR 138/1/3/1; EP 1/1/9; Add Ms 9393; PHA 1063; PRO, MH12, 13031

Butcher, Henry | Spouse: Frances Scutt, m 24 Apr 1825 Pulborough | bap 31 Mar 1805 Fittleworth | Children: Sarah bap 3 Jul 1825 Pulborough; Charlotte bap 5 Oct 1828, Elizabeth bap 20 Mar 1831, William bap 7 May 1833, Ellen bap 14 Nov 1837, Caroline bap 6 Mar 1841, all at Washington | From: Washington | Occupation Eng: Blacksmith | 1845 | Sydney | Assistance: Parish | "Henry Butcher and family wish to go to Canada."
SOURCE: WSRO, PAR 86/1/1/1, PAR 153/1/2/1, PAR 205/1/2/1, PAR 205/1/3/1, PAR 205/12/1; PRO, MH12, 13129

Carpenter, John | 25, bap 3 Dec 1820 | Single | From: Rogate | Occupation Eng: Labourer | 1845 | Assistance: Parish. Possibly not PEC as there is no evidence that Charles Wyndham was involved, although he was also living in Rogate | "Received £6.10s relief during the last year - emigrating to Upper Canada."
SOURCE: WSRO, PAR 159/1/2/1, PAR 159/31/20

Challen, Frances. See Sageman, Thomas

Challen, Harriet. See Cooper, John

Coleman | and family | 1844 | Borneo | A letter to Sockett from A.C Buchanan, Chief Agent, General Emigration Office Quebec, dated 12 Sept 1844, said "Coleman and family arrived here in the Borneo" and that Canada west was needing good agricultural labourers.
SOURCE: Sussex Agricultural Express, "Petworth," 12 Oct 1844

Coleman, Sarah. See Lannaway, James

Coles, William | b 2 Sep 1808, bap 30 Oct 1808 Chithurst | 'Wife and child' | Spouse: Probably Mary West, m 4 Feb 1828 Woolbeding | b 7 Nov 1805, bap 19 Jan 1806 Iping | Children: William bap 8 Sep 1839 Milland | From: Iping | Occupation Eng: Labourer | 1845 | Assistance: Parish | "It appeared from an Account brought by the Overseer that the sum of £18 13s 3d had been expended for the Emigration of William Coles - his Wife and one Child to Montreal - which was allowed by the Vestry."
SOURCE: WSRO, PAR 49/1/1/3, PAR 110/1/1/5, PAR 139/1/2/1, PAR 216/1/3/1; PRO, MH12, 13031

Cooper, John | 40, b 6 Apr 1804, bap 29 Apr 1804 | Spouse: Harriet Challen, m 20 Nov 1840 | 27, b1819 daughter of Widow Challen | Children: Elizabeth bap 15 Aug 1830, Sarah bap 15 Dec 1833, Catherine bap 27 Dec 1835, Charlotte bap 14 Oct 1838, Harriet bap 11 Apr 1841 | From: Graffham | Occupation Eng: Labourer | 1844 | Burrell | Assistance: Parish | "John Cooper is an honest industrious labourer. He has already two brothers in Canada doing well, to whom he wishes to go." "The Vestry are of the opinion that it is highly advantageous to him to emigrate. He has behaved very well and shewn a great willingness to assist himself in doing so" - Henry Edward Manning. John Cooper was confirmed in 1820. Cooper's first wife, and mother of the first four children, was Elizabeth Jesom. She died in childbirth, bur 18 Oct 1838 aged 36.
SOURCE: WSRO, PAR 93/1/2/1, PAR 93/1/3/1, PAR 93/2/3, PAR 93/7/2; PRO, MH12, 13201

Corney, G | From: Petworth | Blenheim | Assistance: Parish | "Proportion of passage for G. Ward, W. Ward and G Corney £1 each."
SOURCE: WSRO, PHA 1063

Eaton, Mary. See Weeks, Thomas

Faithful, Sarah. See Hilton, Henry

Halsey, Mary. See West, William

Hambleton, Ann. See Sageman, John

Hambleton Emily, alias Barnes (Emma) | 22, bap 16 Jun 1822 | Single | Children: Charles James 2, bap 5 Jun 1842 | From: Upperton, Tillington | 1844 | Burrell | Assistance: Parish | Sister to James (who emigrated with PEC in 1836) and William. The father of Charles was possibly Charles Sageman who was included in the payment for Emily and her baby.
SOURCE: WSRO, PAR 197/1/2/1, PAR 197/1/2/2, PAR 197/12/1; PRO, MH12, 13031; Sussex Agricultural Express, 16 Apr 1844

Hambleton (Hamilton), William, alias Barnes | 38, b 5 Jun 1806, bap 6 Jul 1806 | Spouse: Jane Boxall, m 29 Sept 1829 | 38 | Children: John 14, bap 6 Apr 1830, Harriet 12, bap 11 Dec 1831, both Tillington; Mary Ann 10, bap 15 Dec 1833, Jane 8, bap 8 May 1836, Lucy 6, bap 27 May 1838, Henry 4, bap 2 Sep 1840, all Petworth | From: Tillington | Occupation Eng: Labourer | 1844 | Burrell | Assistance: Parish | Brother of James (who emigrated with PEC in 1836) and Emily. Another son, William, bap 7 Jan 1844 was bur as William Barnes alias Hamilton 5 Mar 1844 aged 3 months.
SOURCE: WSRO, PAR 149/1/2/1, PAR 149/1/2/2, PAR 197/1/1/4, PAR 197/1/2/1, PAR 197/1/3/1, PAR 197/1/5/1, PAR 197/12/1; PRO, MH12, 13031; Sussex Agricultural Express, 16 Apr 1844

Haslett, Frederick or Peter | F bap 12 Aug 1817, P bap 11 Dec 1820 | From: Petworth | pre- 1845 | Assistance: Earl of Egremont and Col. George Wyndham | Three of Ann Haslett's sons emigrated to America; these are Jesse, William, and either Frederick or Peter. Brothers of Ann, Benjamin, Jesse, John, Rachel, and William.
SOURCE: WSRO, PHA 6085; PRO, MH12, 13063

Haslett, John | 14, bap 12 May 1835 | From: Petworth | Occupation Eng: Errand boy | 1850 | Laurel | Assistance: Parish | Brother of Ann, Benjamin, Fred, Jesse, Peter, Rachel, and William. (Baptised John son of Peter Haslett, shoemaker, deceased. Peter, bur 1 Apr 1835, aged 45, Petworth). John was allowed £1 16s 6d from the parish.
SOURCE: WSRO, PAR 149/1/2/1, PAR 149/1/5/1; PRO, MH12, 13063

Heather, James | 25, b 24 May 1818, bap 31 May 1818 | Spouse: Sarah Marshall, m 28 Aug 1842 | Children: James, bap 15 Jan 1843 | From: Wisborough Green | Occupation Eng: Labourer | 1843 | Assistance: Col Wyndham | July 1843 - contribution towards emigration of James Heather, wife, and child belonging to Wisborough Green £2.
SOURCE: WSRO, PAR 210/1/2/1, PAR 210/1/2/2, PAR 210/1/3/2; PHA 1063, PHA 1066

Hilton, Henry | 52, b c1792 | Spouse: Sarah Burrough a widow, formerly Faithful, m 15 Apr 1820 | 53, b c1793 | Children: William 21, b1821, bap 20 Jan 1822 Graffham, Margaret 18, b1824, bap 30 Mar 1828, Daniel 15, b1828, bap 30 Mar 1828, Henry 12, bap 12 Jun 1831, Stephen 7, bap 6 Dec 1835, all Woolavington; also George Hilton 22, bap 18 Mar 1821 Easebourne, son of Sarah Hilton - an "elijitemate" nephew to Henry Hilton | From: Woolavington | Occupation Eng: Labourer | 1843 | The Sisters | Assistance: Parish, Archdeacon Samuel Wilberforce, and Col George Wyndham | £4 17s 8d relief during past year. "Towards passage of Hiltons, Woolavington Parish £7. 0. 0." Henry and Sarah Hilton were confirmed and Henry attended Holy Communion at Graffham. William was confirmed in 1837. "Left England for Canada April 27 1843." Sarah Faithful m William Burrow in 1813; they had a daughter Jane bap 1814. William died in 1815 - all at Iping.
SOURCE: WSRO, PAR 93/1/2/1, PAR 93/7/2, PAR 110/1/3/1, PAR 110/1/5/1, PAR 128/1/3/1, PAR 215 baptisms uncatalogued; PHA 1066, PHA 1069; PRO, MH12, 13031

Humphreys, John | 47, bap 23 Nov 1794 Easebourne, "the spureous son of Ann Humphreys of Lurgashall" | Spouse: Anne | 40 | Children: Henry 19, Ann 17, Alfred 15, bap 13 Aug 1826 Easebourne, Mahala 13, Jane 8, Harriet 6, James 4, John 2 | From: Lurgashall | Occupation Eng: Labourer | 1842 | Orbit | Assistance: Parish | A meeting was held at the Noah's Ark, Lurgashall, to raise £70 for the emigration of the Humphrey family, March 1842. John Humphreys was a corporal of His Majesty's 35th Regiment in 1826 when his wife and family were in Easebourne Poorhouse.
SOURCE: WSRO, PAR 75/1/1/5, PAR/75/1/2/1; PRO, MH12, 13031

Lannaway, James | bap 21 Aug 1808 | Spouse: Sarah Coleman, m 14 Oct 1828 | Children: Joseph bap 7 Jun 1829, Benjamin bap 26 Sep 1830, bur 7 Jun 1837 "6 years old," Rachel bap 4 Nov 1832, Leah bap 22 Feb 1835, Sarah bap 1 Jan 1837, all Petworth; Lucy b1838, Jane b1840, George b1843, all in Canada | From: Petworth | To: Blandford | Occupation Eng: Groom | Occupation Can: Labourer | Occupation Eng: A Frances Lannaway was housemaid to the Earl of Egremont in London in 1824 | 1838 | Hibernia | Paid Carter and Bonus £29 2s 6d for conveyance and victualling of James Lannaway and family from London to Toronto. In a letter of Sep 1840 to William Sharp, Pound Street, Petworth, the Lannaways write: "Doing well, and plenty of work in the Country. Have 5a, 2 cows, with a good comfortable house. Children all well... All the Emigrants of 1838 doing very well. I would not go back to England on no account. I can earn with needle from 10s to 15s a week." 1843 assigned or mortgaged lot 3 range 3 Woodstock to William C. McLeod, merchant, for £9; 1846 purchased one acre of lot 3 range 3 north side Henry Street (sold 1850 to Timothy Lyons); 1846 purchased one acre of north part block NE3 range 3 (at Vansittart and Vincent Streets) in Woodstock, for £5.
SOURCE: WSRO, PAR 149/1/1/2, PAR 149/1/2/1, PAR 149/1/3/1, PAR 149/1/5/1, PAR 149/12/1; PHA 142, PHA 1051, PHA 1066, PHA 1068; MP 320; 1851 Census Woodstock, 1852 Gazetteer of Oxford County; AO, RG 61, C-IV, Woodstock Township Papers, Lannaway File, mfm MS 658 reel 528; AO, RG 61, Woodstock Abstract Index to Deeds, mfm GS 2525; RG 61, Woodstock Copybook of Deeds, Vol. A, deed #359, mfm GS 2529

Lawrence, Elizabeth. See Burt, Edward

Leach, Mary. See West, William

Levett, Charles | Spouse: Mary | Children: "and family" | From: Lickfold, Lodsworth | Occupation Eng: Labourer | 1838? | Assistance: Charles Levett is willing to Emigrate from the P[etworth] H[ouse] of Correction to Canada. | Charles Levatt of Lodsworth was prosecuted for trespass 1837. He was sent to Horsham gaol for non-payment of a fine for trespass in Petworth Park. "He is the greatest Rogue unhanged... If he will go with his family to Canada he shall come out [of gaol] but not otherwise until he has paid his damages. He shall be sent to Canada by subscription." Col Wyndham to Charles Murray, 7 Feb 1839
SOURCE: WSRO, MP 2027; PHA 8542, PHA 9601; QR/W750 part11, f137, 140; H. Hollist to Brown, Lodsworth, 30 Apr 1838, Hollist 'Red' Letter Book ff 114-5 (See Michael Reed, "Social and Economic Relations in a Wealden Community, Lodsworth, 1780-1860," MA thesis, University of Sussex, 1982)

Marshall, Sarah. See Heather, James

Matthews, Harriet see Sageman, Charles

Meachen, (Meachin) Charles | 36, bap 17 Sep 1804 | Spouse: (1) Mary Anne bur 4 Sep 1836, (2) Jane Burer or Burell, m 19 Mar 1844 | Children: Charles bap 7 Apr 1831, Edward bap 12 Oct 1834, Edwin bap 3 Mar 1833, bur 17 Jul 1833 | From: Petworth | Occupation Eng: Groom | 1844 | Burrell | Assistance: Col Wyndham | received £2 5s 9d. Not sibling of Robert although R was a witness at Charles's marriage to Jane. Jane signed her name Burell although it was previously written as Burer.
SOURCE: WSRO, PAR 149/1/2/1, PAR 149/1/3/2, PAR 149/1/5/1, PAR 149/12/1; PRO, MH12, 13062; Sussex Agricultural Express, 16 Apr 1844

Meachen, Frances. See Ayles, George

Puttick, Mary. See Sageman, Stephen

Sageman, Bertha | Single | 27, bap 15 Feb 1818 "Berther son of William and Mary Sageman" | Children: James Boxall Sageman 6, bap 5 Aug 1838, illegitimate son | From: Petworth (Tillington) | 1844 | The vestry minutes refer to Birtha Sageman, William's daughter. William and Mary Sageman had emigrated in 1836.
SOURCE: WSRO, PAR 149/1/2/1, PAR 97/1/2/1, PAR 197/12/1; Sussex Agricultural Express, 16 Apr 1844

Sageman, Charles / bap 12 Nov 1820 Graffham | Spouse: Harriet Matthews bap 30 Jul 1820 Northchapel; m 5 Jun 1841 | Children: George bap 13 Apr 1845; Thomas bap 4 Jun 1848; Elizabeth bap 9 Jun 1850 | From: Lodsworth | 1851 | Occupation: Eng. Labourer | Assistance: Mr Hollist and parish | £25 (to be repaid in instalments of £5 per annum without interest) advanced to Charles Sageman on condition his debts were paid or satisfied before he emigrated. On 12th August 1869, Charles and his brother Thomas Sageman who emigrated in 1845, were both drowned in the St Clair River, Michigan.
SOURCE: WSRO PAR 93/1/2/1; PAR 128/1/2/1; 128/1/3/1; 128/12/1; PAR 142/1/2/1. Lodsworth Census 1851; Paul D Smith.

Sageman, Charles | bap 14 Jul 1822 | From: Upperton, Tillington | To: Amherstburgh | Occupation Eng: Labourer | 1844 | Assistance: Parish | See letter from James Cooper, May 1838 printed in Brighton Herald 25 Aug 1838. May have been the father of Emily Hambleton's son Charles; they appear to have emigrated together.
SOURCE: WSRO, PAR 197/1/2/1, PAR 197/12/1; Letter from James Cooper May 1838 printed in Brighton Herald, 25 Aug 1838; Sussex Agricultural Express, 16 Apr 1844

Sageman, John | 45 | Spouse: Ann Hambleton (Hamilton), m 12 Dec 1819 | 40 | Children: Harriet 20, bap 9 May 1824, Henry 16, bap 2 Sep 1827, James 11, bap 11 May 1834, Emma 4, bap 25 Oct 1840 | From: Little Common, Tillington | Occupation Eng: Labourer | 1844
SOURCE: WSRO, PAR 197/1/2/1, PAR 197/1/3/1, PAR 197/12/1; Sussex Agricultural Express, 16 Apr 1844

Sageman, Stephen | 44, b 18 Jan 1801, bap 15 Feb 1801 | Spouse: Mary (Mary Ann) Puttick, m 24 Jul 1826 | 39, b 9 Jun 1805 bap 16 Jun 1805 | Children: Henry 18, bap 30 Jul 1826, Harriet 16, bap 23 Dec 1827, William 14, bap 11 Apr 1830, Emma 12, bap 2 May 1832, Daniel 10, bap 23 Nov 1834, Eliza or "Elianor" 8, bap 16 Oct 1836, Anne bap 26 Apr 1838, Mary Ann 6, bap 23 Sep 1838, Caroline 4, bap 3 Jun 1840, Jane 2, bap 1 May 1842 | From: Tillington | Occupation Eng: Labourer | 1844
SOURCE: WSRO, PAR 197/1/1/4, PAR 197/1/2/1, PAR 197/12/1

Sageman, Thomas | 20, bap 11 May 1823 Graffham | Spouse: Frances Challen, m 9 Jul 1842 | 19, bap 7 Apr 1825 Woolavington | Children: Thomas bap 14 Jul 1844 | From: Lodsworth | Occupation Eng: Labourer | 1845 | Assistance: Parish | "Ths Sageman Old White Trousers, ditto Cloth Jacket, White Round Frock, Wife One Gown."
SOURCE: WSRO, PAR 93/1/2/1, PAR 128/1/2/1, PAR 128/1/3/2, PAR 197/1/2/1, PAR 215/1/2/1; PRO, Add Mss 9393; MH12, 13031

Sayers, Henry | 1842 | Orbit | Assistance: Parish | letter to Sockett from Carter and Bonus received £8 15s being for passage of H Sayers to Quebec and £3 to be paid him on arrival.
SOURCE: WSRO, PHA 1063; PHA 1066

Scutt, Frances. See Butcher, Henry

Sheppard, Henry | From: Egdean | Occupation Eng: Labourer | 1844 | Burrell | Assistance: 5s relief, £5 expenses of emigration to Canada, 7s 5d expenses of conveyance to port of embarkation.
SOURCE: WSRO, PAR 79/31/2; Sussex Agricultural Express, 16 Apr 1844

Simmonds, Margaret. See Hopkins, George

Weeks, Thomas | Spouse: Mary Eaton, m 1827 | From: Mayfield | 1841 | Assistance: Col Wyndham | "Col Wyndham [who owned a farm in the parish] is willing to pay a proportion of the cost of sending Weeks and family to Canada." Weeks had been living in parish property which was now being sold.
SOURCE: WSRO, PHA 1066; PHA 2692, ESRO transcript

West, Mary. See Coles, William

West, William | Spouse: Mary (probably Mary Leach, a widow, formerly Halsey), m 23 Mar 1829 Sidlesham | Children: Sally bap 10 Feb 1833, Fanny bap 3 Jan 1841 | From: Sutton | Occupation Eng: Labourer | 1843 | Resource | Assistance: "Went to live with [Sanders] in January 1840 his house being pulled down." Parish | £17 10s towards passage of West and family of the Parish of Sutton to Montreal, 12 Apr 1843. Mary Halsey m George Leach in 1819, their week-old-son William was buried in 1821. George Leach was buried in 1823 aged 26, all at Sidlesham.
SOURCE: WSRO, PAR 173/1/2/1, PAR 173/1/3/1, PAR 173/1/5/1, PAR 191/1/2/1; Ep 1/24/177; PHA 1063, PHA 1066, PHA 1069, PHA 9670

Willard, Elizabeth. See Briggs, Elizabeth

Woods, Elizabeth. See Holliss, William